The hike is close to 12 km long and yet the temple is as revered ... the Pandavas traveled to the trikuta mountain to seek Mata Vaishno Devi’s blessings before going on war at Kurukshetra.

Normal business resumed in Katra, the base camp for the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, on Wednesday after a week-long shutdown. The suspension was lifted following the government’s ...